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Senegals President Bassirou Diomaye Faye attends the ceremony to launch Kiiraay, his new party at the King Fahd Hotel in the Almadies district in Dakar on 25 July, 2026. - AFP - SEYLLOU

Diomaye Faye breaks with Sonko, launches new party in Senegal

Jul 28, 2026 | Senegal

The Senegalese President unveiled his Kiiraay party at a gathering in the capital

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, seen in July 2024, unveiled his new Kiiraay party in Dakar. By Kola Sulaimon (AFP)

Senegal president launches new party, finalising rupture with PM

Jul 25, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal's president launched a new party Saturday, called Kiiraay, following his high-profile falling out with his erstw ...

Outgoing Senegalese President Macky Sall shaking hands with with Senegals president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the Presidential palace in Dakar, on 28 March, 2024. - AFP - -

Senegal's Faye backs former president Sall's bid for UN top job in U-turn

Jul 21, 2026 | Senegal

A statement from the foreign ministry, released on Monday, said that President Faye reached his decision after meeting < ...

Supporters welcome former Senegalese president Macky Sall at the Leopold Senghor Military airport in Dakar on July 17, 2026. - Patrick Meinhardt, AFP

Senegal changes course to back ex-leader Macky Sall as UN chief

Jul 21, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal announ ...

Senegals former defence minister Birame Diop has taken over Ecowass Commission, in charge of implementing the West African blocs political policy. - Tobias Schwarz / AFP

Ecowas appoints Senegal's Birame Diop to drive regional reforms

Jul 20, 2026 | Senegal

Meeting at Ecowas's 6 ...

Former Senegalese president Macky Sall greets a crowd welcoming him on his arrival in Dakar. By Patrick MEINHARDT (AFP)

Ex-president Sall back in Senegal for talks with successor

Jul 17, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, held a meeting in Dakar F ...

Ex-Senegalese president Macky Sall acknowledges the crowd outside Leopold Sedar Senghor Military Airport, after landing in Dakar on July 17, 2026. By Patrick MEINHARDT (AFP)

Ex-president Sall arrives back in Senegal for meeting with successor

Jul 17, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal 39;s ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, arrived in Dakar Frid ...

Macky Sall at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on 19 September 2023. - REUTERS - Eduardo Munoz

UN campaign trail takes former president Macky Sall back to Senegal

Jul 17, 2026 | Senegal

Sall is due to me ...

Indonesian fisher Jamaludin shows a photo of shark fins, taken during his time working on a Chinese tuna longliner, as he spoke to AFP near Cirebon, West Java. By Bay ISMOYO (AFP)

'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins

Jul 16, 2026 | Senegal

In the high seas off west Africa, a fisherman on a Chinese longline tuna vessel cuts the fins off a live shark before th ...

A man shoots down a bird as he arrives with other hunters to display their catch to community members at an arena, during the Miss de Diobaye on July 13, 2026. By PATRICK MEINHARDT (AFP)

In Senegal, a feverish ancestral hunt beckons the rain

Jul 16, 2026 | Senegal

Against a frenzy of drums, chanting and gunfire, a few hundred Serer men parade about in a trance-like state, brandishin ...

Photo montage of Senegal’s National Assembly Speaker Ousmane Sonko, on the left, and President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on the right. - Abdel Majd Bziouat, AFP / Prsidence de la Rpublique du Sngal

Senegal president Faye to call referendum on constitutional reform limiting his ...

Jun 29, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament o ...

Protesters, mostly from the Alliance for the Republic (APR), the party of former president Macky Sall, gathered outside the National Assembly. By PATRICK MEINHARDT (AFP)

Senegal MPs back constitutional reform reducing president's power

Jun 29, 2026 | Senegal

Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament o ...

Le prsident de lAssemble nationale et ex-Premier ministre sngalais Ousmane Sonko, dans les locaux de lAssemble, Dakar pour un entretien exclusif avec les journalistes de RFI, La-Lisa Westerhoff et de France 24, Marc Perelman, le 14 juin 2026. - RFI/France 24

‘No blank cheque' for president or government says Senegal’s Sonko

Jun 15, 2026 | Senegal

On 22 May 2026, President Faye fired his long-standing political ally Sonko as prime minister and dissolved his entire g ...

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